QUESTION WORDS

Estructura

Question Word	Pronombre interrogativo	Example	Ejemplo
What...?	¿Qué...?	Play What do you want?	¿Qué quieres?
Where...?	¿Dónde...?	Play Where do they live?	¿Dónde viven?
When...?	¿Cuándo...?	Play When do you go to work?	¿Cuándo te vas a trabajo?
Who...?	¿Quién...?	Play Who's he?	¿Quién es?
Whose...?	¿De quién...?	Play Whose bag is this?	¿De quién es este bolso?
How...?	¿Cómo...?	Play How are you?	¿Cómo estas?
How much...?	¿Cuánto...?	Play How much does it cost?	¿Cuánto cuesta?
Why...?	¿Por qué...?	Play Why are they here?	¿Por qué están aquí?
Which...?	¿Cuál...?	Play Which car is his?	¿Cuál es su coche?

WH Question Words

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).

Question Word	Function	Example
what	asking for information about something	What is your name?
	asking for repetition or confirmation	What? I can't hear you. You did what?
what...for	asking for a reason, asking why	What did you do that for?
when	asking about time	When did he leave?
where	asking in or at what place or position	Where do they live?
which	asking about choice	Which colour do you want?
who	asking what or which person or people (subject)	Who opened the door?
whom	asking what or which person or people (object)	Whom did you see?
whose	asking about ownership	Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it?
why	asking for reason, asking what...for	Why do you say that?
why don't	making a suggestion	Why don't I help you?
how	asking about manner	How does this work?
	asking about condition or quality	How was your exam?
how + adj/adv	asking about extent or degree	see examples below
how far	distance	How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how long	length (time or space)	How long will it take?
how many	quantity (countable)	How many cars are there?
how much	quantity (uncountable)	How much money do you have?
how old	age	How old are you?
how come (informal)	asking for reason, asking why	How come I can't see her?

Con los verbos "to be" (ser/estar) y "have got" (tener).

Pronombre interogativo + verbo + sujeto + nombre, adjetivo...

• Ejemplos:
• Play
  What's the time? (¿Qué hora es?)
• Play
  Where are you? (¿Dónde estas?)
• Play
  When's he available? (¿Cuándo está disponsible?)
• Play
  How are the cookies? (¿Cómo estan las galletas?)
• Play
  Why are they tired? (¿Por qué estan cansados?)

El resto de verbos.

EstructuraPronombre interogativo + verbo auxiliar ("to do") + sujeto + verbo + nombre, adjetivo...

• Ejemplos:
• Play
  What do you like to eat? (¿Qué te gusta comer?)
• Play
  Where does she work? (¿Dónde trabaja?)
• Play
  When do they go on vacation? (¿Cuándo van de vacaciones?)
• Play
  How do you use this machine? (¿Cómo usas esta máquina?)
• Play
  Why do you study English? (¿Por qué estudias inglés?)

Printable worksheets.

Exercise 1. Question words. For kids.

Exercise 2. Question words. Quiz.

Exercise 3. Question words. Pre-intermediate level.

Exercise 4. Choose the correct question word. Pre-intermediate.

Exercise 5. Online quiz. Pre-intermediate.

Exercise 6. Complete with the correct question word.

Exercise 7. Write the question. Intermediate level.

Exercise 8. Quiz. Intermediate level.

Exercise 9. Correct the mistakes. Pre-intermediate level.

Exercise 10. Write the correct order. Pre-intermediate level.

Exercise 11. Complete the question. Pre-intermediate level.

Exercise 12. Choose the correct option. Pre-intermediate level.

Exercise 13. Different exercises. For kids.

Exercise 14. Write the question. Intermediate level.

Exercise 15. Goldilocks and the three bears. For kids.

Exercise 16. Ask questions. Pre-intermediate level.

Exercise 17. Complete withe the correct question word. Intermediate level.



OBJECT AND SUBJECT QUESTIONS.

Exercise 1. Object and subject questions.

Exercise 2. Object and subject questions. Intermediate level.

Subject and object questions quiz. Intermediate level.

Exercise 4. Revision and exercises. Intermediate level.